REDUCTION IN COSTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 22 November 1928, Page 9

REDUCTION IN COSTS

FROZEN MEAT TRADE

(By Telegraph-Special to "The Mail")

CHRISTCHURCH, 21st November

That the costs in the frozen meat trade could be considerably reduced wit!i benefit- to Hie fanner \v;is the opinion expressed by Mr G. 1). Greenwood it, a conversation with a "Star" reporter to-day. V.r Greenwood lias been associated with the frozen meat trade since its inception, and has just returned from a trip to the Old Country, where lie saw the Home end of the. trade. The London end of the trade has improved considerably since Hie inception of the Meat Producers' Board, Air Greenwood said, and it was more at this end that the New Zealand farmer should employ his energy in reducing costs. At a moderate"estimate each sheep and lamb exported carried one shilling in expenses more than was necessary, and farmers should combine to stop this excessive waste since they differed from other producers in having no way of passing on the charge. Mr Greenwood also looks for relief when the next contract for freight is signed. The principal point stressed was excessive overhead expenses. Canterbury, lie says, has torn freezing works,, each with six or seven men at high salaries totalling perhaps £30,000 per annum. If the freezing industry were properly organised much of this could be saved to the farmer.